Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials And Methods, 7th Edition

Pdf Book Name: Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials And Methods, 7th Edition
Author: Edward Allen, Joseph Iano
Publisher: Wiley Publishing, Inc.
ISBN-10, 13: 9781119450252,111945025X
Year: 2019
Pages: 943
Language: English
File size: 182 MB
File format: PDF,EPUB

Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials And Methods, 7th Edition Pdf Book Description:

First published over a quarter century ago, Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods has wrought a revolution in building construction education. It made a previously unpopular area of study not merely palatable but vibrant and well liked. It has taken a practical, and at times undervalued, body of knowledge and made it widely recognized as centrally relevant to good building design. It has replaced dry, unattractive books with a well designed, readable volume that students value and keep as a reference work. It was the first book in its field to be evenhanded in its coverage and profusely and effectively illustrated throughout. It was the first to release the teacher from the burden of explaining everything in the subject, thereby freeing class time for discussions, case studies, field trips, and other enrichments. Gaining a useful knowledge of the materials and methods of building construction is crucial and a necessity for the student of architecture, engineering, or construction, but it can be a daunting task. The field is broad, diverse, complex, and under constant change, such that it seems impossible to ever master.

This book has gained its preeminent status as an academic text in this field because of its logical organization, outstanding illustrations, clear writing, and distinctive philosophy.It is integrative, presenting a unified narrative that interweaves issues of building science, material properties, building craft, and legal constraints so that the reader does not have to refer to separate parts of the book to make the connections among these issues. The elements of building construction are presented as whole working systems rather than disconnected parts.It is selective rather than comprehensive. This makes it easy and pleasant for the reader to gain a working knowledge that can later be expanded, without piling on so many facts and figures that the reader becomes discouraged from learning about construction. This book deals, as its subtitle indicates, with fundamentals.The student of architecture will find that it features the design possibilities of the various materials and systems. Students interested in building or managing the construction process will find its organization around construction sequences to be invaluable.